books.google.com - Il Penseroso is a pastoral poem by John Milton, written in 1631. Invoking divinest Melancholy, the poem is in praise of the contemplative, withdrawn life of study, philosophy, thought and meditation, and is a counterpiece to L'Allegro, which praises the more cheerful sides of life and literature. Both...http://books.google.com/books/about/Il_Penseroso.html?id=RrnNhlp1sIgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIl Penseroso